Mannochmore 12 Year Old 1976 SMWS Single Cask 64.1 Speyside Single Malt Whisky (1989) 75cl

Mannochmore 12 Year Old 1976 SMWS Single Cask 64.1 Speyside Single Malt Whisky (1989) 75cl

The very first bottle of Mannochmore bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society

1 of an unknown amount of bottles. What a piece of history the .1 SMWS bottles have become. An old fashioned screw top and high ABV of 62.4! and 75cl like it was many times in the 1980s and early 90s. Which government decided that we should have 50mls less? A double less for all of us.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) was founded in 1983 by a group of friends lead by tax accountant Phillip ‘Pip’ Hills as a private members club. The concept behind the society was to source casks from all over Scotland which would then be bottled and made available exclusively to its members. Perhaps the most famous feature of these bottles are the unique codes. Each distillery is represented by a different number and the following digits indicate that particular release. That same year, the SMWS set up its first location in Leith’s Vault buildings in Edinburgh where it still stands today.

Mannochmore was built in 1971 by DCL (now Diageo) on the site of its sister distillery, Glenlossie, to assist with the increasing demand for blended Scotch in the international market. Its output remains blend focussed to this day, and as such is more commonly bottled as a single malt by independent labels. Occasional official releases have appeared over the years though, in the Flora & Fauna and Rare Malts Selection series, and as the infamous “black whisky,” Loch Dhu.

62.4% ABV

75cl